"We don't have any reason to think he's not in the area," Walsh said this morning.

Carr, 42, left his passenger to die under a rolled over Audi on Bonstead Road shortly before 9 p.m. Steven Sears, 40, of 156 Oswego River Road, Phoenix, was killed after being partially pinned under the automobile.

They had just left a family gathering on nearby Horseshoe Island, along the Oneida River. The sheriff has described the gathering as a "house party" and a "family picnic," but said investigators were still trying to figure out exactly what transpired.

Walsh said he didn't have any other updates to provide on the search, which has been active for more than a day and a half now.

Witnesses at the scene told deputies that Carr admitted he had been drinking and didn't want another drunken driving arrest, Walsh has said.